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Priest stabbed to death in Mexico City suburb

A 71-year-old priest was murdered in his home during a robbery in a suburb of Mexico City last week. Fr Luis Lopez Villa is the 18th priest murdered in the country since December 2012, according to the Diocese of Nezahualcóyotl.

Bishops in joint call to end nuclear weapons

A joint declaration by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions has called for the “total elimination of nuclear weapons”.

Malta to join Germany on same-sex marriage

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta has said that plans to remove the terms husband, wife, mother and father from law are “lamentable”.

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